Serial/Series Title

Language

[News Script: Airman loses son to in-laws] (open access)

[News Script: Airman loses son to in-laws]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the child custody case between Carswell Air Force Base overseas veteran Roy Mecke and his wife's parents.
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Eagles take first series game] (open access)

[News Script: Eagles take first series game]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the baseball game that opened the Dixie Series in Dallas between the Dallas Eagles and the Nashville Volunteers.
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ship seized by federal agents] (open access)

[News Script: Ship seized by federal agents]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Port Arthur tanker ship seized by federal agents, allegedly to prevent control of the boat from passing to Greek interests.
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Swindler] (open access)

[News Script: Swindler]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Johnny Thomas Camp, arrested for borrowing money on junked cars at his used car business.
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Three fires cause heavy damage] (open access)

[News Script: Three fires cause heavy damage]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 3 fires occurring in an eleven hour period in Dallas. The first at the Groves Lumber Company in Oak Cliff, the second fire gutted the Danceland nightclub near downtown Dallas, and the third fire damaged the Refinery Castings Corporation in West Dallas.
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Car hits store] (open access)

[News Script: Car hits store]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car wreck, in which Mrs. B. A. Rosenburg crashed her car into Buddies Market in Fort Worth.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Engineers stage field contests] (open access)

[News Script: Engineers stage field contests]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of driving competitions among servicemen at Wolters Air Force Base near Mineral Wells.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rapists] (open access)

[News Script: Rapists]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about convicted rapist Floyd Ray Jackson requesting a retrial in Dallas after he is sentenced to death for the assault of a housewife.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Spike finds Pete at Carter Field] (open access)

[News Script: Spike finds Pete at Carter Field]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about musician Spike Jones arriving in Dallas for a concert, while the region is in the midst of a panic over an escaped python from the Fort Worth Zoo, still on the loose somewhere in the city.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Woman convicted in mate's death] (open access)

[News Script: Woman convicted in mate's death]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mary Josephine Feemster being found guilty of murdering her husband and Leslie Rogers pleading guilty to the murder of James Thomas Scrivner.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Yma Sumac] (open access)

[News Script: Yma Sumac]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Peruvian singer Yma Sumac performing at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Accidents] (open access)

[News Script: Accidents]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas car accident caused by a stuck accelerator, which sent John Kelly and Ella Hicks to the hospital.
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas University] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas University]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the University of Dallas, which 150 freshman will attend.
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Library] (open access)

[News Script: Library]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Public Library, which celebrates Library Week with an exhibition of a first edition Gutenberg Bible.
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pilot] (open access)

[News Script: Pilot]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Captain Chuck O'Connor, a retiring pilot preparing for his last trip from Dallas to New York as an American Airlines skipper.
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: President of U.N. is Visitor at Airport] (open access)

[News Script: President of U.N. is Visitor at Airport]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jose Maza, president of the United Nations General Assembly, and his stop at Fort Worth's Carter Field.
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Preview of Progress Shown to Students] (open access)

[News Script: Preview of Progress Shown to Students]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the General Motors Preview of Progress, a highlight of futuristic technologies, which is touring seven Fort Worth schools.
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Thaxton Trial] (open access)

[News Script: Thaxton Trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the impending trial for Gerald B. Thaxton, who was arrested for performing an abortion.
Date: September 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bus driver] (open access)

[News Script: Bus driver]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a party being thrown for retiring Fort Worth city bus driver A. P. Waters.
Date: September 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Colonel goes before AF board] (open access)

[News Script: Colonel goes before AF board]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about San Antonio Air Force Colonel, James A. Smyrl, going before the board of inquiry for spending 300 dollars on airmen going to a skating rink.
Date: September 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Munro] (open access)

[News Script: Munro]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about one of Fort Worth's most personable '"landmarks," 50 year old newspaper seller Munro Odom who has been selling papers since he was 5 years old.
Date: September 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs - Abandoned girl] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs - Abandoned girl]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about R. R. Leopard leaving a two-year old girl named Joyce with Mrs. M. M. Phillips to babysit, but did not return for her until at least a day later.
Date: September 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pearl robber gets a thousand gems] (open access)

[News Script: Pearl robber gets a thousand gems]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an armed robber taking $1,000 from Pearl Distributing Company in Dallas.
Date: September 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: St. Joseph's hospital] (open access)

[News Script: St. Joseph's hospital]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ground breaking ceremonies for a new five-story addition to St. Joseph's hospital in Fort Worth.
Date: September 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library